Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 22, 1999, 2:16 AM CST for Lee County, Texas. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 22, 1999, 2:16 AM CST (08:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 22, 1999, 2:50 AM CST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lee County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 2:16 AM CST | Hail 1.75 | Old Dime Box, TX |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 282 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3099 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
999 WUUS1 KSAT 220814 RRA SVRSAT TXC287-220850- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 216 AM CST FRI JAN 22 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... LEE COUNTY IN TEXAS * UNTIL 250 AM CST * AT 210 AM...AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR LEXINGTON WITH 3/4 INCH HAIL... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... THE LEE/BURLESON COUNTY LINE BY 225 AM. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 21, 8:26 PM CST, 5 hours 50 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-221200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 826 PM CST THU JAN 21 1999 ...WINDY CONDITIONS COMING FRIDAY... ISOLATED SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NORTHERN HILL COUNTRY TO NEAR AUSTIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS AHEAD OF A PACIFIC COOL FRONT THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. WINDS SHIFTING TO WEST AND NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH AFTER THE FRONT...THEN INCREASING FRIDAY MORNING TO 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTY...CONTINUING FRIDAY AFTERNOON. COOLER TEMPERATURES FRIDAY...IN WAKE OF THE PACIFIC COOL FRONT AND ITS ASSOCIATED STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA. AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE 60S TO NEAR 70...WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WIND. DRIER WEATHER WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WEEKEND WITH SUNNY...PLEASANT DAYS TO CLEAR AND COLD NIGHTS.
Special weather statement, Jan 21, 8:43 PM CST, 5 hours 33 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-221200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 843 PM CST THU JAN 21 1999 ...WINDY CONDITIONS COMING FRIDAY... ISOLATED SHOWERS OR A FEW THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTHERN HILL COUNTRY TO NEAR AUSTIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS AHEAD OF A PACIFIC COOL FRONT THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. WINDS SHIFTING TO WEST AND NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH AFTER THE FRONT...THEN INCREASING FRIDAY MORNING TO 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTY...CONTINUING FRIDAY AFTERNOON. COOLER TEMPERATURES FRIDAY...IN WAKE OF THE PACIFIC COOL FRONT AND ITS ASSOCIATED STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA. AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE 60S TO NEAR 70...WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WIND. DRIER WEATHER WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WEEKEND WITH SUNNY...PLEASANT DAYS TO CLEAR AND COLD NIGHTS.
Special weather statement, Jan 21, 9:42 PM CST, 4 hours 34 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-221200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 942 PM CST THU JAN 21 1999 ...WINDY CONDITIONS COMING FRIDAY... WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTHERN HILL COUNTRY TO THE AUSTIN AREA THE NEXT FEW HOURS AHEAD OF A PACIFIC COOL FRONT THAT IS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT. WINDS SHIFTING TO WEST AND NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH AFTER THE FRONT...THEN INCREASING FRIDAY MORNING TO 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTY...CONTINUING FRIDAY AFTERNOON. COOLER TEMPERATURES FRIDAY...IN WAKE OF THE PACIFIC COOL FRONT AND ITS ASSOCIATED STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA. AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE 60S...WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WIND. DRIER WEATHER WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WEEKEND WITH SUNNY...PLEASANT DAYS TO CLEAR AND COLD NIGHTS.
Special weather statement, Jan 21, 11:55 PM CST, 2 hours 21 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-221200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1155 PM CST THU JAN 21 1999 ...WINDY CONDITIONS COMING FRIDAY... WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHERN HILL COUNTRY TO THE AUSTIN AREA THE NEXT FEW HOURS AHEAD OF A PACIFIC COOL FRONT THAT IS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT. WINDS SHIFTING TO WEST AND NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH AFTER THE FRONT...THEN INCREASING FRIDAY MORNING TO 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTY...CONTINUING FRIDAY AFTERNOON. COOLER TEMPERATURES FRIDAY...IN WAKE OF THE PACIFIC COOL FRONT AND ITS ASSOCIATED STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA. AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE 60S...WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WIND. DRIER WEATHER WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WEEKEND WITH SUNNY...PLEASANT DAYS TO CLEAR AND COLD NIGHTS.
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.